For various reasons, it might make sense to do multiple rides in a day, even if one longer ride might be optimal from a training perspective. These reasons include:
- Commuting
- Limited time: You may need to work around other commitments, which leaves no room for a longer, continuous ride.
- Weather conditions: If it gets dark, cold, or rainy, you might want to finish your remaining training indoors.
- Zwift Races: You have completed and saved The race, but want to do The remaining training.
In such cases, it would be helpful if Xert better supported this kind of setup. I believe this could even encourage athletes to complete the additional training, thereby boosting their fitness.
The two first images below illustrate I ride I had now in Februar when I had to stop before I reached by target because it was getting dark and I had some family commitments. The remaining XSS were therefore done on the trainer after dinner. The third image shows an alternative way of visualizing this in the calendar.
So, how does it work today?
Let’s assume I have a target of 200 XSS (ignoring High and Peak XSS for now). If I complete 150 XSS during my first outdoor ride, I’ll see a red or orange circle indicating that I haven’t reached my target for the day. If I then hop on the trainer after dinner and complete the remaining 50 XSS, I get another activity in my calendar, but the red or orange circle remains. However, it would make more sense for the calendar to show a green circle for the day instead.
If you turn on the “Summarize days with multiple activities,” you’ll see a green circle, but the individual activities will be hidden. Of course, this makes this feature less usefull.
What would be ideal?
It would be great if Xert could combine these activities in a smarter way. When running the Forecast AI, Xert should provide a combined XSS target for the day, considering both the planned activities and the Placeholder item. Whether you split these into multiple activities or combine them into a longer one shouldn’t matter. Therefore, I believe the compliance marker should reflect the full day’s progress, even if there are multiple activities. The individual activities should still be visible, and the target should be the one that was originally planned when the Forecast AI was run. Adding or modifying planned activities after a Forecast AI run shouldn’t change the compliance target for the day.
This should also work with the Trainer tab, and especially the Magic Bucket data field. When doing a second ride, the targets should adjust based on what’s already been completed. For instance, if 150 XSS has been completed, the remaining 50 XSS should be the new target for the second ride. If you do a second ride now you will get the full targets for the day on the second ride, making it only useful for the first ride.
Maybe not stright forward, but I think this will make it easier to get a green calendar. What do you think @xertedbrain and @ManofSteele ?
